- "Fire shots of pure ice to freeze and immobilize foes."
- —Mega Man Powered Up description (Mega Man)
- "You can walk on enemies you freeze with this icy blast."
- —Mega Man Powered Up description (Ice Man)
Ice Slasher (アイススラッシャー Aisu Surasshā) is Ice Man's Special Weapon. It takes the form of an arrowhead-shaped blade of ice that can freeze enemies with a temperature of 200 degrees below zero.[1]
Video game appearances
Mega Man
Mega Man receives Ice Slasher after defeating Ice Man. Only one Ice Slasher can be present in the screen at a time, and it passes through most obstacles. This is Fire Man's weakness, and except for him and the first form of Wily Machine 1, all bosses are immune to it.
Ice Slasher doesn't cause any damage to enemies, but it can be used to temporarily stop them, allowing Mega Man to switch to another weapon and attack frozen enemies. It is especially useful to stop enemies like Flying Shell, Sniper Joe and Big Eye to safely pass by them. When the Fire Blocks that appear in Fire Man's stage and in the first stage of Dr. Wily's Robot Manufacturing Plant are frozen, they can be used as steps.
Mega Man: Powered Up
Ice Slasher now can damage all bosses due to Ice Man being a playable character, and it can deal damage to enemies, though it will never destroy them in one shot. Ice Man can use frozen enemies as platforms to reach higher areas.
Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge
Like its appearance in the first Mega Man game, Ice Slasher is obtained from Ice Man and is Fire Man's weakness. Flash Man is also weak to this weapon. Cut Man, Elec Man, Heat Man, Enker, and Wily Machine I are immune to it.
Mega Man: The Wily Wars
Like all weapons from the first three games, Mega Man can use Ice Slasher in the Wily Tower mode. This is one of the weaknesses of Mega Water S. The second form of the final boss is immune to it.
Mega Man: The Power Battle
Ice Slasher is obtained by defeating Ice Man in the Mega Man 1~2 course. It is Heat Man's weakness.
Street Fighter X Tekken
Bad Box Art Mega Man can use the Ice Slasher as an attack in Street Fighter X Tekken.
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U
Ice Slasher is used by Mega Man in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U as a custom move for his side special, Crash Bomber. It must be unlocked before it can be swapped out.
Mega Man fires an icy spear that only deals 4%, half the damage the Crash Bomber deals. However, it can pierce through multiple opponents with one shot, and at medium damage percentages, it may freeze them.
Damage data chart
Mega Man
Damage values for the original Mega Man.
 Ice Slasher (I)
| |
| Boss | Damage |
| Cut Man | 0 |
| Guts Man | 0 |
| Ice Man | 0 |
| Bomb Man | 0 |
| Fire Man | 4 |
| Elec Man | 0 |
| Yellow Devil | 0 |
| Copy Robot | 0 |
| CWU-01P | 0 |
| Wily Machine 1: 1st Phase | 1 |
| Wily Machine 1: 2nd Phase | 0 |
- For CWU-01P, each CWU-01P unit has 20 HP; however, 4 units of damage will be taken from the total health meter for each unit destroyed, regardless of which Special Weapon the player uses against them. For this reason, damage values displayed are those against each unit.
Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge
Damage values in Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge.
| Ice Slasher (IC)
| |
| Boss | Damage |
| Cut Man | 0 |
| Elec Man | 0 |
| Ice Man | -- |
| Bubble Man | 1 |
| Fire Man | 4 |
| Quick Man | 1 |
| Flash Man | 2 |
| Heat Man | 0 |
| Enker | 0 |
| Wily Machine I: 1st Phase | 0 |
| Wily Machine I: 2nd Phase | 0 |
- Damage values denoted with a (--) represent that no damage is taken what so ever, and the game does not recognize that the weapon has hit the target.
Other media
Mega Man (Ruby-Spears)
- "Now I got your ice power."
- —Mega Man, The Beginning
In the animated series, Ice Slasher differs from its in-game depiction in the fact that it takes the form of a beam of shatteringly cold energy capable of freezing almost anything within a few seconds of exposure. When obtained by Mega Man in the episodes The Beginning and Ice Age, he fires a freezing beam from his buster.
Ice Man can use Ice Slasher from any of his hands, usually moving his hand to the side before releasing it. When using Ice Slasher with both hands, his cupped hands are drawn to his side and then thrust forward to shoot out the streaming, freezing beam.
At one point, when Ice Man himself used it in the episode Ice Age, he used Ice Slasher to create a giant hammer of ice to throw at Mega Man. He also used it to provide the icy armor for the Ice Bots he used later to attack Doctor Wily and Air Man with after they landed in the city.
Curiously, Ice Man did not refer to his power by its actual name, but called it "freeze ray" when he called for Air Man's help after Mega Man took it from him.[2] Dr. Light did call it by its correct name in the first episode however,[3] being one of the few weapons to have their name mentioned in the series.
Mega Man (Archie Comics)
In Let the Games Begin!, Mega Man obtained Ice Slasher after defeating Ice Man and used it to defeat Fire Man.
Gallery
Trivia
- Ice Slasher was misspelled several times as "Icelasher" (アイスラッシャー Aisurasshā) in early sources, including Japanese ads,[4] the Rockman Kanzen Hisshou Bon guide,[5] and in a question from Adventure Quiz: Capcom World 2 asking what weapon is obtained from Ice Man (the wrong answers being Ice Bomber, Ice Shooter, and Ice Candy). It was also named "Ice Crusher" (アイスクラッシャー Aisu Kurasshā) in the Rockman Complete Works official site[6] and in Rockman: Mirai Wakusei Voldos Hen.
References
- ↑ Mega Man & Bass database
- ↑ "Air Man, help me! He's got my freeze ray!" - Ice Man in the episode Ice Age
- ↑ "And this one can freeze anything with his Ice Slasher beam." - Dr. Light in the episode The Beginning
- ↑ The Reploid Research Lavatory: This Rockman Ad is Odd
- ↑ The Reploid Research Lavatory: The Friday Special
- ↑ Rockman Complete Works official site
| Ice Special Weapons and Techniques | |
|---|---|
| Special Weapons | |
| Mega Man series | Ice Slasher (1) • Blizzard Attack (6) • Freeze Cracker (7) • Ice Wave (8) • Chill Spike (10) • Tundra Storm (11) • Ice Wall (M&B) |
| Mega Man X series | Shotgun Ice (X) • Frost Shield (X3) • Frost Tower (X4) • Goo Shaver (X5) • Ice Burst (X6) • Drift Diamond (X8, X's) • Ice Gattling (X8, Axl's) |
| Zero's Techniques and EX Skills | |
| Techniques | Hyouretsuzan (X4) • Hyoroga (X6) • Hyouryuushou / Shouryuuken (X8) |
| EX Skills | Triple Shot (Z2) • Sharp Edge (Z2) • Blizzard Arrow (Z3) • Throw Blade (Z3) • Orbit Shield (Z3) • Ice Blade (Z4) • Ice Javelin (Z4) |
| Mega Man | |
|---|---|
| Six Robot Masters | |
| Cut Man • Guts Man • Ice Man • Bomb Man • Fire Man • Elec Man | |
| Other bosses | |
| Yellow Devil • Copy Robot • CWU-01P • Wily Machine 1 | |
| Mega Man's Special Weapons | |
| Rolling Cutter • Super Arm • Ice Slasher • Hyper Bomb • Fire Storm • Thunder Beam | |
| Mega Man's Support Items | |
| Magnet Beam | |
| List of enemies | |
| Adhering Suzy • Blaster • Big Eye • Bunby Heli • Bombombomb • Changkey • Crazy Razy • Foot Holder • Gabyoall • Kamadoma Killer Bomb • Mambu • Metall • Pepe • Pickelman • Screw Driver • Sniper Joe • Super Cutter • Watcher | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Script • Gallery • List of enemies • Damage data chart • Miscellaneous data | |
| Mega Man Powered Up | |
|---|---|
| Playable characters | |
| Mega Man (Mega, S, C) • Roll • Proto Man Cut Man • Guts Man • Ice Man • Bomb Man • Fire Man • Elec Man • Time Man • Oil Man | |
| Bosses | |
| Cut Man • Guts Man • Ice Man • Bomb Man • Fire Man • Elec Man • Time Man • Oil Man Proto Eye • Mega Man? • Yellow Devil • CWU-01P • Copy Robot • Wily Machine Number 1 | |
| Special Weapons | |
| Rolling Cutter • Super Arm • Ice Slasher • Hyper Bomb • Fire Storm • Thunder Beam • Time Slow • Oil Slider | |
| Other weapons and support items | |
| Magnet Beam • Mega Kick • Roll Swing • Proto Strike | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Walkthrough • Damage data chart • Script • Enemies • Challenge • Construction | |
| Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge | |
|---|---|
| The eight Robot Masters | |
| Cut Man • Ice Man • Fire Man • Elec Man • Bubble Man • Quick Man • Flash Man • Heat Man | |
| Other Bosses | |
| Enker • Wily Machine I | |
| Special Weapons | |
| Rolling Cutter • Ice Slasher • Fire Storm • Thunder Beam • Bubble Lead • Quick Boomerang • Time Stopper • Atomic Fire • Mirror Buster | |
| Support Item | |
| Carry | |
| Locations | |
| Cut Man Stage • Ice Man Stage • Fire Man Stage • Elec Man Stage • Wily Castle • Wily Station | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Damage Data Chart • Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge Script • Enemies | |
| Mega Man: The Power Battle | |
|---|---|
| Playable Characters | |
| Mega Man • Proto Man • Bass | |
| Bosses | |
| - Mega Man 1~2 - Cut Man • Guts Man • Ice Man • Crash Man • Heat Man • Wood Man Yellow Devil - Mega Man 3~6 - Magnet Man • Gemini Man • Dust Man • Gyro Man • Napalm Man • Plant Man Yellow Devil - Mega Man 7 - Freeze Man • Junk Man • Cloud Man • Slash Man • Shade Man • Turbo Man VAN Pookin - Dr. Wily - Wily Machine | |
| Special Weapons | |
| Rolling Cutter • Super Arm • Ice Slasher • Crash Bomber • Atomic Fire • Leaf Shield Magnet Missile • Gemini Laser • Dust Crusher • Gyro Attack • Napalm Bomb • Plant Barrier Freeze Cracker • Junk Shield • Thunder Strike • Slash Claw • Noise Crush • Scorch Wheel | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Damage Data Chart • Script | |